Work & commute · Bear Creek

Work & commute in Bear Creek, TX

Most working residents leave Bear Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Austin (45%), Dripping Springs (7%) and San Antonio (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 222 Bear Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bear Creek.

222live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bear Creek goes to work

Austin13.7 mi away

45%101

Dripping Springs9.2 mi away

7%15

San Antonio60.8 mi away

4%8

Houston155.1 mi away

3%7

Round Rock28.9 mi away

2%4

Dallas193.2 mi away

2%4

Buda9.1 mi away

1%3

Plano210.2 mi away

1%3

Rollingwood11.1 mi away

1%2

Live Oak49.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%74

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bear Creek commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

41%

20%

32%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bear Creek is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bear Creek are

30 jobs are based in Bear Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bear Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bear Creek

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Bear Creek residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+400%

Jobs based in Bear Creek, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 30. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.